myEtymology.com: Spanish etymology of decapitar

Etymology of the Spanish word decapitar

the Spanish word decapitar

derived from the Latin word decapitare (decapitate; behead)

derived from the Latin word caput (head; small head; head; head; head; head; person; life; heading; chapter, principal division)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kaput- (head)

using the Late Latin prefix de-

derived from the Latin word de (away; down)